Author Description

Arbor and Winepress marks Lennart Lundh's 50th year as a published poet. It's fifty-six poems, which have appeared in print and on-line journals, magazines, and anthologies between 1967 and 2016, are gathered in a single volume for the first time. Reader Praise for Arbor and WinepressStory as poem, meditation as poem, memory as poem, prayer as poem, and man as poem writing it all down, Arbor and Winepress is an honest collection of accessible poems that examines a life of words, questions, love, people, nature, and places. When the narrator in "Your Blue-eyed Boy" says, "Death, / you're really beginning to / piss / me / off", Lundh speaks to everybody who values courage, acceptance, and humor, qualities that permeate nearly every page. -- Gary Rainford, author of Salty LiquorThere is a shoebox in a closet. It is filled with photos, postcards, letters, mementos, maybe an old mix tape. The box is handed from a grandchild to a grandfather. The grandfather takes the time to tell the stories of every item in the box. The tales are told lovingly and honestly. The child listens in awe. We are all the grandchildren of Arbor and Winepress learning bits and pieces about a life. This is an incredibly well written and well assembled collection. -- David (Buddha 309) Hargarten, poet/publisher/word monkeyArbor and Winepress is a succinct and evocative collection of introspective ruminations, romantic nostalgias, and the complicated acknowledgement of the passage of time. The magic of Lennart's writing aims each poem straight for the heart, opening the door to the reader's own relationship with the human condition. A "must read" for any poetry lover!-- Jen Pezzo, author of Imaginary Conversations (The Poet's Haven) and Lucid Brightenings (Writing Knights Press)Everything Lennart Lundh says makes absolute sense, but when you read it, the words feel brand new and unexpected. His words challenge the reader to dive further and further into the world he builds with every poem. His abil